Printer Class Reference

Provides access to Printer information. More...

Public Member Functions
void	dispose () throws TFormerException
	Releases the resources allocated by this instance. More...
void	dump (PrintStream s) throws IOException, TFormerException
	Dumps the current instance into a text stream. More...
String	getComment () throws TFormerException
	Gets the comment for the Printer. More...
String	getDeviceName () throws TFormerException
	Gets the device name of the Printer. More...
String	getName () throws TFormerException
	Gets the name of the Printer. More...
Printer	getNext () throws TFormerException
	Gets the next Printer defined in the Repository. More...
int	getPrinterDeviceType () throws TFormerException
	Gets the device type of the Printer. More...
boolean	isDefault () throws TFormerException
	Gets a value indicating whether this Printer is the default Printer. More...
void	setComment (String sComment) throws TFormerException
	Sets the comment of the Printer. More...
void	setDeviceName (String sDeviceName) throws TFormerException
	Sets the device name of the Printer. More...
void	setName (String sName) throws TFormerException
	Sets the name of the Printer. More...
void	setPrinterDeviceType (int nPrinterDeviceType) throws TFormerException
	Sets the device type of the Printer. More...
String	toString ()
	Returns a string representation of the instance. More...

Detailed Description

Provides access to Printer information.

This class provides access to Printer-information stored in a Repository.

Overview

The term Printer refers to an output device defined in a Repository. A Printer is used by TFORMer Server only.

Note

A stand-alone FormLayout does not support Printer-objects!

Thread-safety: A single instance of this class must not be used by different threads.

Attention

Internal use only

Member Function Documentation

void dispose

(

)

throws TFormerException

Releases the resources allocated by this instance.

Call this method in every case (even in case of exceptions) is this instance is not required anymore.

void dump

(

PrintStream

s

)

throws IOException, TFormerException

Dumps the current instance into a text stream.

Parameters

s	Instance of the stream

String getComment

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets the comment for the Printer.

Returns

The comment for the Printer

String getDeviceName

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets the device name of the Printer.

Returns

The device name of the Printer

String getName

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets the name of the Printer.

Returns

The name of the Printer

Printer getNext

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets the next Printer defined in the Repository.

To retrieve the first Printer within a Repository refer to Repository.getFirstPrinter.

Attention

Internal use only

Returns

The next Printer-object in the list or null.

int getPrinterDeviceType

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets the device type of the Printer.

Returns

The device type of the Printer

boolean isDefault

(

)

throws TFormerException

Gets a value indicating whether this Printer is the default Printer.

Returns

true if this Printer is the default Printer.

void setComment

(

String

sComment

)

throws TFormerException

Sets the comment of the Printer.

Parameters

sComment

The comment of the Printer

void setDeviceName

(

String

sDeviceName

)

throws TFormerException

Sets the device name of the Printer.

Parameters

sDeviceName

The device name of the Printer

void setName

(

String

sName

)

throws TFormerException

Sets the name of the Printer.

Parameters

sName

The name of the Printer

void setPrinterDeviceType

(

int

nPrinterDeviceType

)

throws TFormerException

Sets the device type of the Printer.

Parameters

nPrinterDeviceType

The device type of the Printer

Todo:

Enumeration of devicetype

String toString

(

)

Returns a string representation of the instance.

Returns

A string representation of the instance